Course

USDA Rural Development

Officially known as the Section 502 Single Family Housing Guaranteed Loan Program, the USDA loan is a zero down payment mortgage option available to homebuyers in the United States who wish to purchase in a qualified rural or suburban area.

The USDA loan's purpose is to provide affordable homeownership opportunities to low-to-moderate income households to stimulate economic growth in rural and suburban communities throughout the United States. These rural development loans are available in approximately 97% of the nation's land mass, which includes over 100 million people.

Through this online course, you will obtain a complete understanding of this mortgage product and how to effectively utilize it.

Course Instructor: Bart Bartholomew

Course instructor was highly knowledgeable and used real world info and examples. Offered insight into current trends and expectations with comparison to mortgage crisis trends.

- B. McClellan

Bart Bartholomew was raised in Colorado. After serving in the United States Army he attended Metropolitan State College.

Mr. Bartholomew has been a mortgage loan originator since 1996. He has served on the Board of Directors for the Colorado Mortgage Lenders Association and as President of the Colorado Association of Mortgage Brokers.He has also served on the Delegate Council of the National Association of Mortgage Brokers; he has chaired the Denver-Boulder Better Business Bureau Truth in Advertising Advisory Board and was a member of the Division of Real Estate Mortgage Broker Rule Making Task Force. He represented Colorado in the development of the NMLS examination. He has been appointed by the Governor of Colorado and currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Mortgage Loan Originators of the Division of Real Estate overseeing the Mortgage Loan Originators of Colorado.

Through out the years he has tried to help develop and put forth the highest standards of excellence in the mortgage industry through education of loan originators for the protection and confidence of the citizens of Colorado.